Recently, I've noticed there has been a shift from talking about mitigation to adaptation to resilience when dealing with climate change. From my perspective, this is not a bad development as resilience focuses on practical preparedness for … [Read more...]
Massport Won’t Say Climate Change, Won’t Say Why
Massport took another step forward in its long-term plan to confront the impacts of climate change last week ... but there was something missing from its news release: As the Massachusetts Port Authority develops its long range strategic … [Read more...]
Big New England Wind Contract Much Cheaper Than Coal, Nuclear
What if the debate about Environmental Protection Agency limits on climate-disrupting carbon pollution was all hot air? What if the falling cost of clean energy has already planted a stake in coal's polluting heart? As Erin Ailsworth of … [Read more...]
Reprogramming the City
There's a great exhibition at the Boston Society of Architects down by South Station called "Reprogramming the City" (http://bsaspace.org/exhibitions/reprogramming-the-city/). It is all about small but significant design tweaks for urban … [Read more...]
Energy Upgrade Parties at the Sustainable Houses of Worship
For the last few years, I've been publishing a weekly listing service on Energy (and Other) Events that happen around Cambridge, MA in the colleges, universities, and the community. This week, I noticed that there is a lot of practical … [Read more...]
Not One But Two Oil Spills Foul New Bedford Harbor
I've covered oil spills in the Gulf of Mexico and in Arkansas, but today the oil came to me. Thursday morning a local journalist alerted me to reports of an oil spill right down the street from me in New Bedford Harbor. I headed down and … [Read more...]
Canal Restorer to River Restorer?
This greenhouse at the former historic Fisherville Mill in South Grafton, Massachusetts, sits on the banks of a canal by the Blackstone River. It is cleaning stormwater runoff and water contaminated by #6 fuel oil, also known as Bunker C … [Read more...]
Do We Really Want More Natural Gas Pipelines?
ThinkProgress today provides a reminder that, like any form of fossil fuels, natural gas pipelines come with big risks: A little after 11 p.m. local time in the western Illinois town of Erie, residents heard a massive blast and then … [Read more...]
5 Ways Climate Changes are Hammering Cape Cod This Summer
How is global warming changing Cape Cod? Sean Gonsalves of the Cape Cod Times lists five ways, concluding: 5) New waterfront property. "Preliminary Flood Insurance Rate Maps" are being released by the Federal Emergency Management … [Read more...]
Will Gov. Patrick Listen to Anti-Coal Protesters and Shut Down Brayton Point?
Protesters delivered a powerful message to Gov. Deval Patrick (D-MA) on Sunday, asking him to shut down the coal-fired Brayton Point power plant: Organized by 350 Massachusetts Action and Better Future Action, protestors carrying mini wind … [Read more...]
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